Elrod vs Parkton

A side-by-side comparison of Elrod and Parkton: population, income, housing, and more.

Elrod and Parkton are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parkton has the higher population (515 vs 245 in Elrod). Parkton has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $25,938 in Elrod). Since 2019, Parkton's population has grown faster (+16.3% vs -70.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Elrod	Parkton
Population	245	515
Median age	36.7 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$25,938	$55,000
Median home value	—	$150,400
Median gross rent	$776	$1,167
Housing units	125	240
Homeownership rate	52.0%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elrod	Parkton
Population	825 → 245 (-70.3%)	443 → 515 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$20,000 → $25,938 (+29.7%)	$54,500 → $55,000 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $55,700 (-33.1%)	$110,700 → $150,400 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $776 (+20.3%)	$675 → $1,167 (+72.9%)

Elrod

Population

825245

Median household income

$20,000$25,938

Median home value

$83,300$55,700

Median gross rent

$645$776

Parkton

Population

443515

Median household income

$54,500$55,000

Median home value

$110,700$150,400

Median gross rent

$675$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elrod	Parkton
Under 5	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	26.5%	19.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	15.9%	16.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	6.9%	12.0%
75 and over	3.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elrod	Parkton
White (non-Hispanic)	9.0%	48.3%
Black or African American	7.3%	31.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	83.7%	3.7%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elrod	Parkton
No high school diploma	45.1%	12.0%
High school graduate	26.1%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	12.4%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elrod	Parkton
Drove alone	88.6%	83.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elrod	Parkton
1-unit, detached	53.6%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.4%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Elrod	Parkton
Poverty rate	35.5%	15.9%
Average household size	1.96	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1979	1974